Salvador Bermúdez de Castro, Marquis of Lema

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Bermúdez de Castro and the second or maternal family name is O'Lawlor.

The Most Excellent Salvador Bermúdez de Castro 2nd Duke of Ripalda
Portrait by Kaulak
Mayor of Madrid
In office 25 July 1903 – 22 December 1904
Preceded by	Vicente Cabeza de Vaca
Succeeded by	Gonzalo Figueroa y Torres
Minister of State
In office 27 October 1913 – 9 December 1915
Monarch	Alfonso XIII
Prime Minister	Eduardo Dato
Preceded by	Antonio López Muñoz
Succeeded by	Miguel Villanueva y Gómez
In office 11 June 1917 – 13 November 1917
Preceded by	Juan Alvarado y del Saz
Succeeded by	Manuel García Prieto
In office 20 July 1920 – 14 August 1921
Prime Minister	multiple
Preceded by	Manuel González-Hontoria
Succeeded by	Manuel González-Hontoria
46th Governor of the Bank of Spain
In office 14 March 1922 – 2 January 1923
Preceded by	Luis Sedó [es]
Succeeded by	Tirso Rodrigáñez y Sagasta [es]
Seat O of the Real Academia Española
In office 5 May 1935 – 20 January 1945
Preceded by	Julián Ribera
Succeeded by	Félix de Llanos y Torriglia [es]
Personal details
Born	Salvador Bermúdez de Castro y O'Lawlor (1863-11-01)1 November 1863 Madrid, Spain
Died	20 January 1945(1945-01-20) (aged 81) Madrid, Spain

Salvador Bermúdez de Castro y O'Lawlor, 2nd Duke of Ripalda, Marquis of Lema (1 November 1863, in Madrid – 20 January 1945) was a Spanish noble, politician and lawyer who served as Minister of State during the reign of Alfonso XIII.

Biography

He was born in Madrid, the son of Manuel Bermúdez de Castro y Díez (1811–1870) a senator and Minister for the Interior and Foreign Affairs, and María de la Encarnación O’Lawlor y Caballero (1830-1908), youngest daughter of Joseph O'Lawlor (1768–1850), an Irish-born Spanish general and governor of Granada. His cousin Richard Lalor was an Irish nationalist member of the British House of Commons. He married María, a daughter of Joaquín Sánchez de Toca y Calvo and María Ballester y Bueno.[1]

The Duke was a prominent Spanish author, conservative politician and nobleman. He inherited the Dukedom of Ripalda and the Marquessate of Lema from his paternal uncle. A deputy for Oviedo (1891–1923), he served as Minister for Foreign Affairs 1919–21, 1917, 1913–15; Mayor of Madrid 1903–4 and Governor of the Bank of Spain (1922–3).[2][3]

He was the author of numerous works including "De la Revolución a la Restauración", "Spain since 1815" and the autobiographical "Mis Recuerdos 1801-1901".[4]

Late in life, he was one of the 22 jurists who signed the "opinion on the illegitimacy under the operating powers of the 18th of 1936 July" [es], a report drafted in 1938 and commissioned by the Francoist faction during the Civil War that served as ad-hoc legitimation for the 1936 coup d'etat.[5]

References

1. Agirreazkuenaga, Joseba (2016) [2015]. "The Parliamentarians Elected in the Basque Country's Cuban Connection, 1812–1939". In Douglass, William A. (ed.). Basques in Cuba (PDF). Reno, NV: Center for Basque Studies Press. p. 58. ISBN 9781877802980.
2. Gonzalo P. Alzuria "Diccionario akal de historiadores españoles contemporáneos (1840-1980)" on Google Books
3. Carlos Darde & Josep Armengoli i Segu "El poder de la influencia: Geografía del caciquismo en España (1875-1923)" 2001 p. 76 on Google Books
4. "Salvador Bermúdez de Castro - letra O". Real Academia Española (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 May 2023.
5. ↑ En el Apéndice I al Dictamen de la Comisión sobre ilegitimidad de poderes actuantes el 18 de julio de 1936 (Editora Nacional; Barcelona, 1939) los sublevados publicaron acusaciones de fraude y de coacciones durante las elecciones de febrero de 1936 en Cáceres, La Coruña, Lugo, Pontevedra y otras provincias con el objetivo de legitimar el Golpe de Estado